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#0496CF

#0496cf ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0496cf is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.57% red, 58.82% green and 81.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 98.07% cyan, 27.54% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 196.85°, with 96.21% saturation and 41.37% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.27:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.51.

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Relative luminance0.2634

Complementary

  1. #0496cf
  2. #cf3d04

Split complementary

  1. #0496cf
  2. #cf0430
  3. #cfa304

Analogous

  1. #04cfa3
  2. #0496cf
  3. #0430cf

Triadic

  1. #0496cf
  2. #cf0496
  3. #96cf04

Tetradic

  1. #0496cf
  2. #3d04cf
  3. #cf3d04
  4. #96cf04

Square

  1. #0496cf
  2. #a304cf
  3. #cf3d04
  4. #30cf04

Monochromatic

  1. #012939
  2. #036084
  3. #0496cf
  4. #25bffb
  5. #70d5fc

Shades

#0496cf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0496cf
  2. #0487ba
  3. #0378a6
  4. #036991
  5. #025a7c
  6. #024b68
  7. #023c53
  8. #012d3e
  9. #011e29
  10. #000f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#0496cf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0496cf
  2. #1da1d4
  3. #36abd9
  4. #4fb6dd
  5. #68c0e2
  6. #82cbe7
  7. #9bd5ec
  8. #b4e0f1
  9. #cdeaf5
  10. #e6f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0496cf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0496cf
  2. #1094c7
  3. #1d92bf
  4. #298fb7
  5. #368daf
  6. #428ba8
  7. #4e89a0
  8. #5b8798
  9. #678490
  10. #748288
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8c8c8c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6f90ab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7a95d2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6185ce ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a5aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6096d1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4c8cce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009fba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0496cf {
  color: #0496cf;
}
Background
.bg-0496cf {
  background-color: #0496cf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0496cf {
  border: 2px solid #0496cf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0496cf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 4 150 207;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 96% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0496cf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0496cf, #0430cf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0496cf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(4 150 207 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.51 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.30 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.09 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.53 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.71 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.09 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.68 #fb6930 Inverted #8c8c8c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0496cf  rgb(4, 150, 207)  hsl(197, 96%, 41%)  Carolina Blue
#cf3d04  rgb(207, 61, 4)  hsl(17, 96%, 41%)  Sinopia
#cf0496  rgb(207, 4, 150)  hsl(317, 96%, 41%)  Medium Violet Red
#96cf04  rgb(150, 207, 4)  hsl(77, 96%, 41%)  Yellow Green